Steven Jacobus Baalde (1737 - 1788) and Johannes Baalde (1743 - 1801)

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

Firma S.J. Baalde were the printers chosen by Pieter Cramer to print the engravings of Gerrit Wartenaar, and colour these illustrations, in Cramer's multi-volume book De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen

After Cramer died in 1776, Casper Stoll undertook the work of finishing the publication of Cramer's book, still using Wartenaar for the engravings, and Firma S.J. Balde for printing and coloring.

For the multi-volume book: every page of printed engravings was painted by hand using watercolor paints by the staff of Firma S.J. Baalde to match accurately the original paintings by Cramer and Stoll.

Copies of illustrations printed and painted by Firma S.J. Baalde in this website -

Utetheisa lotrix	Argina astrea	Eudocima cocalus	Ischyja manlia
Speiredonia obscura	Trigonodes cephise	Ophiusa tirhaca	Brithys crini
Hasora celaenus	Badamia exclamationis	Parasa lepida	Agrotis ipsilon
Lexias aeropa	Vindula arsinoe	Danaus genutia	Hypolimnas misippus
Pantoporia venilia	Nephele hespera	Psilogramma menephron	Amplypterus panopus
Nausinoe pueritia	Cyphura geminia

in progress

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 28 August 2026, updated 30 August 2026)